Career Summary

Biography

I received my PhD from Newcastle University in 2002. I have taught in both Aboriginal Studies and Literature. My research interests are in children's literature, Indigenous literature and Australian literature.

Research ExpertiseMy doctorate examine non-Indigenous representations of Indigenality in Australian children's literature. My first ARC Indigenous researchers grant looked at what young Murri youth liked to read. My second ARC Indigenous researchers grant is examining what "reading" actually means for Indigenous tertiary students. My ARC Discovery project with Professor Nancy Wright and Dr. Therese Davis is examining Indigenous and non-Indigenous collaboration in film and literature.

Teaching ExpertiseI have taught in Aboriginal Studies since 1999. I also taugh in the School of Language and Media from 1999 to 2002. I taught with the Learning and Teaching Support Unit at the University of Southern Queensland from 2003 - 2006.

Administrative ExpertiseI have to stay on top of administrative issues for both teaching and research.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Newcastle

Bachelor of Arts, University of Newcastle

Diploma in Education, University of Newcastle

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle

Keywords

Communications

Cultural Studies and Literature

Cultural studies

Indigenous Education

Representations of indigenality in literature

Fields of Research

Code

Description

Percentage

160699

Political Science not elsewhere classified

35

209999

Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified

15

200599

Literary Studies not elsewhere classified

50

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title

Organisation / Department

Lecturer

University of NewcastleSchool of Humanities and Social ScienceAustralia

Academic appointment

Dates

Title

Organisation / Department

1/03/2006 -

Lecturer

University of NewcastleSchool of Humanities and Social ScienceAustralia

Wright NE, Collins-Gearing BM, 'The Rhetoric of Benevolence as an Impediment to the Protection of Indigenous Cultural Rights: A Study of Australian Literature and Law', Journal of Australian Studies, 85 57-68 (2005) [C1]

Dancing with Australian Feminism: Helen Garner's Postcards from Surfers Viewed from a Buginese Perspective with a Partial Translation into IndonesianLiterature, Faculty of Education and ArtsPrincipal Supervisor

2012

State of OriginLiterature, Faculty of Education and ArtsCo-Supervisor

2010

Can Children's Literature Be Non-Colonising? A Dialogic Approach to NonsenseLiterature, Faculty of Education and ArtsPrincipal Supervisor